Just bought a nice 2wd pop top ramcharger

Just bought a 2wd pop top ram charger with no motor but rock solid and straight. Got a great deal on it and couldn't pass on it. I had a 2wd ramcharger a while back and I didn't realize it at that time how hard they were to find. I've kind of been looking since but haven't really seen any thing that was decent until this one. I'm up in the air on how I want to do this one up, I'm either going to go with the pick m up decals or 77/78 macho powerwagon decals where it's a 78. My last one was a 79 so I went with the 79/80 macho powerwagon scheme on it. I definitely going to be painting it black either way. A black ramcharger with the 77 macho paint would look pretty neat in a 2wd version. I also just picked up a low mileage 2003 5.9 magnum style motor for it today from a local junkyard. I've always wanted to build one of these motors up with a better cam, air gap intake, nice carb, headers. Later on I wouldn't mind adding a four speed in to it. I'm going to install the black plaid and white interior out of my macho trailduster with the fold up rear seat that wasn't offered till 1980. The wagon wheels will also be installed with the yellow pin striping if I do it up like a macho. Should be a fun ride cant wait to get started on it.

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last one of it

Most of you guys have seen my previous 2wd poptop ramcharger I had but this is what I plan on doing to this one but with the 77/78 style macho powerwagon decals.

It'll have a black on black color scheme kind of like my old ramcharger. The tailgate looks killer being black on black because you can barely make out the power wagon letters on the back of it. It should be a really neat color combo if I do it up this way. The hood and below the side stripe will be satin black like a macho powerwagon.

Great score!


Been looking for a clean 2wd poptop for a while, myself.

OD833

What were the od 833 in and what years were they made?

Well I guess I already have an 833 OD out back in our parts. What would I need for a hump for the shifter, I'll also need pedals, z bar, linkage. I might as well do it all right now while I strip the ram charger down.

nice lookin AZ ramcharger....IIRC it was 1500 bucks.
honestly I would make it look like an 80, but leave the 4wd graphic off of the gate.
I would also make it look like the 80 T/D macho that you have....in fact, there is your pattern..color as well, Bright Yellow looks good!!or is it impact yellow?....

I have the fiberglass shifter housing. Going bigblock auto

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nice lookin AZ ramcharger....IIRC it was 1500 bucks.
honestly I would make it look like an 80, but leave the 4wd graphic off of the gate.
I would also make it look like the 80 T/D macho that you have....in fact, there is your pattern..color as well, Bright Yellow looks good!!or is it impact yellow?....

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That's funny you said that as I thought about going that route with it as well. It is a neat color combo, and the stripe kit is very easy to do. It's the same color as your 80, so what ever color that is?